Improvement in corpse-coolers



ATRUESDELL & G. T. TOWNSEND.

CORPSE-COOLER.

Patentedv July 25,1876.

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ALONZO TRUESDELL AND GEORGE T. TOWNSEND, OF WARREN, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN coRPsisv-cooLERs.y

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,175, dated July 25,1876; application filed June 6, 1876.

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that we, ALONZO'TRUESDELL and GEORGE T. TowNsEND, of Warren,in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, have invented certain newand useful.Improvements in Corpse Coolers; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact dei scription of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings,which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in corpse-coolers.

In the drawing, Figure l is a side elevation of the device embodying ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is au end elevation.Fig. 4 is a view of the spring detached. Y

The invention consists in the parts and combinations as hereinafterspecified and' claimed, wherein- A is the cane-bottomed or perforatedcoolin g-board, supported on the legs B, each pair of which is connectedby a cross-piece. They are hinged at a', and arranged to fold inwardly.

C is a spring attached to the under side of the central cross-piece d ofboard A, and has notches b formed therein, as shown in the drawing.These notches, in which the crosspieces f tit or rest, prevent the legsfrom folding inwardly when the device is in use.

The spring C, when depressed at each end, allows the cross-pieces j' topass beyond the notches b, which operation permits the legs to be foldedunder the cooling-board, where they are firmly held in place by saidspring.

Dis the head-rest, which can be elevated or depressed by means of theadjusting-screw c, which passes through the frame ofthe cooling-board. EE are standards fitted into said frame, and serve'as supporters for thecovering placed over the cooler.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I A corpsecooler consisting of the perforated cooling-board A, foldinglegs B, notched spring C, and adjustable head-rest I), all combined andconstnucted substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we havevsigned our names to this speciiication inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALONZO TRUESDELL.

GEORGE TOWNSEN'D. Witnesses:

W. T. SPEAR, C. A. HARRINGTON.

